They Stand Quotes

116 They Stand quotes by 104 unique authors

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. — Havelock Ellis
I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous people on TV were athletes… — Eric Greitens
I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that… — Anne Tyler
[The GOP] must decide soon where they stand on the issue of socialized medicine. President Clinton threw down the gauntlet in his State of the… — Tony Snow
People get good gigs because they stand up....You don't get picked. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself. — Seth Godin
We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say; the very air they breathe is rich and perfumed, and the… — Henry David Thoreau
Where does our investigation get its importance from, since it seems only to destroy everything interesting, that is, all that is great and important? (As… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is amazing that we hesitate to talk about the wrath of God, for fear of making sinners feel fearful. The fear they feel this… — Ray Comfort
To have regret is to be disappointed with yourself and your choices. Those who are wise, see their life like stepping stones across a great… — Colleen Houck
As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization. — Jack Welch
In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To find the best moves great Masters, with years of experience, engage in laborious research, and the moves thus found are blindly repeated by amateurs… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for themselves, and poppy-head… — Friedrich Nietzsche
In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national… — Neville Chamberlain
The workers have nothing to gain from this war, but they stand to lose everything that is dear to them. — Clara Zetkin
The intellect searches out the Absolute order of things as they stand in the mind of God, and without the colors of affection. The intellectual… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The saints differ from us in their exuberance, the excess of our human talents. Moderation is not their secret. It is in the wildness of… — Phyllis McGinley
There are a lot of Christians who are halfway fellows. They stand in the door, holding on to the Church with one hand while they… — Mordecai Ham
Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And… — Hermann Hesse
Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it. — Sam Waterston
There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light. — Nathaniel Parker Willis
Here Churchill repeats with approval a statement he had first made in January, 1930 "at a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel." "Sooner or later… — Winston Churchill
Prior art is as effective as US soldiers in Iraq: They control the ground they stand on, and nothing more. I used to say Vietnam,… — Richard Stallman
People reveal their character even in the simplest things they do. Fools do not enter a room, nor leave it, nor sit down, nor rise,… — Jean de la Bruyere

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